As a secretary I went to my boss with an idea. He said, you're not paid to think, young lady, you're paid to do as I tell you. He never knew that when I went back to my typewriter this is what I was typing.

Another cut from the 1988 cassette tape of a live performance by Scartaglen on the NPR show Mountain stage. This time some tunes from County Kerry. Kirk Lynch- Uilleann pipes and whistle. Becky Pringle- Fiddle. Mike Dugger- Fiddle and guitar…

This is another music for people

Live at The Eagle's Club Taylorville IL

The Brood have gone visiting and i have sometime so i've been busy as you may have noticed ....so heres a ad-libber with the £16 special....i always write miserable songs when i'm happy the happy ones come when i'm depressed....i'm normally quite…

One of Asimov's most famous stories, the music attempts to re-create the world that knows nothing but daylight. Unsettling, but bright sounds hint at the looming darkness that must come, ending with the crescending voices of fear and madness…

another car/sex metaphor song

Some reflections after recording this song: 1. Mic positioning for a live take can drive you crazy 2. The lowest note I can comfortably sing is an A 3. A tortured soul can somehow write an amazing love song 4. I still have much to learn

For the prompt, "Storm".

This was made for an EMUfest a year ago ... played on my really old Rolan D10 and the robot-voice is me through a vocal patch on my boss BR800. Have fun :D

This is a live cut from an NPR radio broadcast back in 1988 while my Irish Trad group Scartaglen was on one of its first east coast tours. Found recently on a cassette tape. Musically this was one of my favorite periods in the history of the band…

I recorded this for a friend to play at her wedding ceremony.

THE BUDS AND BLOSSOMS I've been meaning to write you a letter But I did not know what I would say I've been thinking about you and your new love And wishing that there was a way... And the buds and the blossoms remind me of you today…

JUST A CAT It looks like someone taped a firecracker to him and blew it off. "Firecracker?" He's just a cat. Just a cat. A raggedy old cat. So why are we crying? The world is on fire. Light the fuse. It's a firecracker "Firecracker…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

WHEN THE HEART IS SILENT When the heart is silent The mind must tell the truth That's the only way For the heart to make it thru The mind must be the guardian The keeper of the fire The heart can not stay silent Or it will expire…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

The lyrics of this song, as they pertain to plot, are my exact memory of the event. I had spoken to the kid maybe a minute before the "action" started about how the pressure of the water was very strong. He was nestled down with his back…

THE STREETS OF LAREDO As I walked out in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a poor cowboy all wrapped in white linen Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay "I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy…